United States History

American Foundation

Period: Jan 20, 1776 to Jan 20, 1840

Gilded Age/American Imperialism

Period: Jan 20, 1877 to Jan 20, 1900

Plessy v Ferguson

May 18, 1896

Supreme court decides that "separate but equals" is constitional

Progressive Era

Period: Jan 20, 1900 to Jan 20, 1930

World War I 1914-1919

Period: Jan 20, 1914 to Jan 20, 1919

Roaring Twenties

Period: Jan 20, 1920 to Jan 20, 1929

The Great Depression

Period: Jan 20, 1929 to Jan 20, 1930

World War II

Period: Jan 20, 1937 to Jan 20, 1945

Attack on Pearl Harbor

Dec 7, 1941

The attack on Pearl Harbor was a surprise military strike conducted by the Imperial Japanese Navy against the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on the morning of December 7, 1941

Cold War

Period: Jan 20, 1945 to Jan 20, 1989

PresidentTruman Orders integration of Armed Forces

Feb 23, 1948

In the year 1948 President Truman ordered that the military be desegregated meaning in the military blacks, whites and all races would be treated equally.

Modern Civil Rights

Period: Jan 20, 1950 to Jan 20, 1980

Sweatt v. Painter

Feb 19, 1950

The case involved a black men, Heman Marior Sweatt, who was refused admission to the School of law of the University of Texas.

Brown v Board ofEducation Decision

Feb 23, 1954

In the year of 1954 the case of the Brown v Board of education overturned Plessy v Ferguson and made “Separate but equal” illegal in the public school system.

Montgomery bus boycott Begins

Feb 23, 1955

In year 1955 a African American Rosa Park refused to surrender her bus seat to a white passenger.

The Sixties

Period: Jan 20, 1960 to Jan 20, 1969

Assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King

Apr 4, 1968

Martin Luther King was shot dead.

American Crisis and Resurgence

Period: Jan 20, 1969 to Jan 20, 2000

Modern America

Period: Jan 20, 2000 to Jan 20, 2015